santalales
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1. order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | plant order, |
definition | : | the order of plants (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family loranthaceae, loranthaceae, mistletoe family, |
definition | : | in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | dilleniidae, subclass dilleniidae, |
definition | : | a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder (noun.plant) |
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